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Keywords
Accidents
Asian ethnicities
Climate (campaign title)
Day
Dirty
Disasters
Firefighters
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Medium group of people
Men
Oil (fossil fuel)
Oil pipelines
Oil spills
Outdoors
Ports
Rescue
Sadness
Toxics (campaign title)
Firefighters Tragedy in Dalian
An oil firefighter worker, Han Xiaoxiong, is rescued after been submerged underneath a thick oil slick. Another firefighter, Zhang Liang, died during this incident. The workers ran into trouble as they were attempting to fix an underwater pump during oil spill cleanup operations. The spill was caused by a pipeline blast at the Dalian Port.
Unique identifier:
GP024NQ
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
20/07/2010
Locations:
China
,
Dalian
,
East Asia
Credit line:
© Lu Guang / Greenpeace
Size:
5616px × 3744px 9MB
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
Containers
Shoot:
Dalian Oil Spill Accident
Documentation of the oil-spill in the port of Dalian. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded, sparking a massive 15-hour fire. The spill causes severe threats to coastal waters, ecosystems and local communities. Greenpeace investigation in Dalian has found a dangerous disregard for health and safety in the oil spill’s clean-up effort, as well as the nearby seafood farms and beaches. Due to the lack of warning signs, many visitors were still playing with their children in the oil-contaminated water. Crude oil contains significant quantities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other dangerous chemicals that do not readily dissolve in water. Some of these are carcinogens and can persist in the environment. Hydrocarbons can be absorbed by the human body via inhalation, ingestion or through direct contact with skin. Greenpeace strongly urges the government to send professional clean-up staff with safety equipment to work on the oil spill. At the same time, the government must immediately place prominent signs on the beaches to warn visitors to keep away from oil-contaminated waters.
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